10 Signs You Love Local Foods

Are you the first to show up at your local farmers market? Can you spend hours telling others about the unique flavors of a vine-ripened tomato? If you answered "yes" to either of these questions, you might be in love with local food.

Don’t worry, as far as love obsessions go, it’s healthy. As the growing season takes root across the nation, food co-ops encourage people to savor local foods.

Not sure where your love falls on the "local food" scale? Here are a few signs that you might just be obsessed:

You’ve invited your co-op’s produce manager over for dinner, and then asked him to cook.

You don’t own any shares of blue chip stock, but you are a proud owner of your food co-op and shareholder in your local farmer’s CSA.

You have more pictures of your chicken coop than your family on your Facebook page.

After a stressful week, you treat yourself to “retail therapy” by buying pickling cucumbers by the bushel.